Combination tie-plate and track-anchor.



C. P. C'LAWSON.

COMBINATION TIB PLATE AND TRACK ANGHOR.

1111110111011 FILED 1111.4, 1912. l

Patented Jan. 14,1913.

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Specification. or Letters Patent.

Patented'Jan. 14, 1913.a

Application tiled Ianuaryklw.. Serial llo. 689,411.

To all whom tmay concern: f

Be it known that I. CHARLES F. CLawsoN, a citizenl of ythe United States, residing at Mount Pleasant, in the co'unty of Henry and State of Iowa, have' invented certainv n ewV and useful Improvements in Comblnation Tie-Plates and Track-Anchors; and do,

declare the followin to be a full, clear, and

. exact 'description o the-invention, such as will enable .others skilled in the art t0 which it appert-ains to make and use'the same.

This invention relates to improvements 1n combination tie plates or chairs and anchors .for railway rails.

One object of the invention is provide a tie plate or chair for railway rails 'adaptf j ed to be engaged with two or more ties to form seats or the rail and to hold' the latter in position on the ties.

Another object is to provide a tie plate which will be strong,' durable and inexpensive in construction, eilicient and reliable 1n operation and-well adapted to the purpose for which it is designe With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed.

'In the accompanying drawings; Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved tie plate;

Fig. 2 is a side view thereof; Fig. 3 is ,an end View showing the'rail in dotted lines; Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view on the line '4-e of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a side view of a modified form of my improvedtie plate.

Referring more particularly to the drawi ings, 1 denotes my improved tie plate which comprises end tie members or seats 2 which are spaced a suitable distance apart and are connected together by an integral web or neck 3 which is of considerably less width than the seats or members 2 and which has its edges formed on al gradually increasing curve from the center thereof toward the inner ends oi the seats 2, said curved edges of the neck merging into the edges ci the inner ends of the seats as shown.. l/Vhen thus arranged the seats 2 will be spaced apart at asuitable distance for engaging two ties.

Un the upper sides of the seats 2 and spaced a suitable distance apart are upwardly projecting longitudinally disposed rail engaging ribs or anges el, which are the seatswas clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. In the members or seats 2 and intersecting the ribs 4 are spike holes 5 through which spikes are driven to fastenv the plates to the ties and to fasten the rails Ato the"plates. Formed on the lower side of the members or seats 2 are .longitudinally Adisposed V-shaped ribs 6, which when the plates are engaged with the ties, bite into es of the latter and thus sel `curely, holdy the plates from slipping laterthe upper si ally. on the ties. i

rFormed on thelower sides of the inner adapted to engage the outer edges of the base flanges of the railwhen engaged with ends of the seats 2 and adjacent to the outer ends of the neck 3 are depending stop lugs ,7, saidlugs being disposed at r1ght angles to the lower sides ofthe seats 2 and adapted to engage or fit againstthe adjacent'sides of the ties on which the seats 2, rest, said lugs holding the plate against longitudinal movement 1n either'direction. The plates 7 are firmly braced by rib 13 having webs 8 formed integral therewith and with the under side of the neck 3 as shown. The neck 3 ispreferably slightly concaved or curved longitudinally on its upper side i and has formed on the Alower side thereof longitudinally disposed bracing ribs or anges 9 which preferabl follow the contour of the side edges of t e neck and have their ends joining or formed inte ral with the stop lu s 7 as shown. As clear y shown, the reduce centrallyv disposed neck 3 of the anchor is arched and extends below the tie members or sides 2, and'said arched portion is properly strengthened by a longitudinal rib 13 terminating in depending ends 7 which contact with the ties, whereby the vsides, are' readily connected and braced with the rail bearing only upon the sides and out of contact with theY arched neck.

ln applying the plates they are engaged with two ties which are arranged a suitable distance apart for this purpose and when so applied the rstop lugs 7 will engage the contiguous surfaces of the ties and thus hold the plates against longitudinal movement and will also relieve the spikes of all strain due to the -tendency of' the plate to move in are spiked down onto the ties the ribs 6 will be forced into the upper surface of the ties and will thus eectually hold the plates against lateral movement and'will relieve one direction cr the other. When-the plates rio the spikes of sirain'in ciirection., The

secured. to `he ties 4end held in position byV spikes and the tie engaging ribs 11 on the un- 2der side of the seais or tie engaging members 12 of the plate. With the excepion of the ie y engaging lugs 7, the plane 16 is constructed in the same manner as the preferred form of the plate and a further description of the moied form is not thought to be necessary.

From the' foregoing description teken in connection with the accompanying rawings, the. construction and operationV of the invention will-be readily understood Without requiring a more extended explanation.

arious changes' in the form, proportion and the minor defeaiis of construction may be resorted to without departing om the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim 1s; A

A device of the` character set forth com- 'to bite into the upper surfaces s Leccese prising tie engaging plates of rectangular shape adapted to resi; on .the tops of two adjacent ties, parallel longitudinally extending anges formed on the upper side of saiti plates, the latter being formed with s ike holes cut through said rail engaging anges, vll-shaped. tie enga ribs formed on the lower simios of said p etes parallel with the railengaging flanges and adapted of the ties, a reduced neck formed Aintegral with the plates, longitudinal bracing enges formed on the bottom of said reduce neck at its sifie edges, de ending stop lugs formed niegralwith said bracing iianges and at the junction of said neck and lates, said lugs engaging the opposite side ces of two ties, and a longitudinal bracin rib formed centraliy on the bottom of gne reduced neck, said bracing rib being formed with enlarged depending webs integrally united with said lugs to brace and reinforce the same.

in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES r. oLnWsoN. Witnesses M. GABEGAN, n. A. Amm. 

